Archive for January, 2007
Farsi Books, Junk Collage and More
Two websites to plug this week: International Children’s Digital Library and National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature. I thought I knew my way around the Web, but I’d never heard of either site until I found reference to them in a children’s literature text I’ve been examining. And, while ICDL comes up quite readily in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )“The eye and the ear are different listeners”–Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen fascinates me. I’ve long been aware of her reputation as a fantasy writer and have recently come to appreciate her talents as a folklorist and storyteller. But here’s the thing: I’ve never liked her fantasy stories. Admitedly, I haven’t read the novels, just stories collected in various magazines and anthologies. But I thought [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Peace Tales for MLK Jr. Day
What I’m reading right now, to celebrate the holiday is Margaret Read MacDonald’s Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About.
King’s focus was, of course, racial equality. But what I believe distinguished him as a leader was his process: “nonviolent direct action.” In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” he lays out the process as follows: “In [...]
Poetry Friday: Langston Hughes’ Dreams
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, a poem from Langston Hughes–out of my favorite kid lit poetry anthology EVER (Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle…And Other Modern Verse):
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen [...]
Now Entering the Blogosphere…
Hi all,
I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a children’s literature blog for several months. Seems like there are homeschool blogs and kid lit blogs, and some traffic between them (Yea for Melissa Wiley at Bonny Glen!). And now, there’s a little more traffic, me: Marta Ferguson, freelance writer and editor, homeschool mama.
Seems like [...]
